Serial Season 2, Ep. 2: Slate’s Spoiler Special

Slate's Spoiler Specials

Slate Podcasts

Film Reviews,, Tv & Film

3.6 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2015

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Gabe and Katy wrestle with their feelings of empathy for Bowe Bergdahl, despite the fact that he plainly endangered the lives of many of his fellow soldiers. The question, of course, is why? Author Brendan Koerner, who has written extensively on the phenomenon of military desertion, joins us to offer some theories. Plus: listener responses to last week’s show.

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0:00.0	You're listening, ad-free on Amazon Music.
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0:48.4	Hello and welcome to Slate's serial spoiler special.
0:51.7	I'm Slate's senior editor Gabriel Roth, and I'm here with Slate's
0:54.6	words correspondent Katie Waldman. Hi, Katie. Hi, Gabe. Every week, Katie and I and our guests are
1:00.0	going to be discussing season two of the Uber popular podcast serial, going deeper into the show's
1:05.5	themes, exploring its characters and situations, and looking at the ways in which the podcast reverberates in the
1:13.3	world. A little later, we'll also be joined by Brendan Kerner, who's the author of Now the Hell
1:17.6	Will Start, One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II, which looks at the
1:22.2	case of Herman Perry, an American soldier deployed to the Indo-Burmese jungle, who suffered an
1:27.4	emotional breakdown,
1:28.5	shot his lieutenant, and fled his battalion.
1:31.1	I think you can see the connection.
1:32.4	We'll talk to Brendan about where Bo Bergdahl fits into the history of military desertion.
1:37.3	But first, Katie, let's talk about some of the developments in this week's episode.
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